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Tulsa World:
Tulsa World editorial: This is the wrong time and Tulsa is the wrong place for the Trump rally — President Donald Trump is coming to town this week for a campaign rally. — It will be his first since such events were suspended earlier this year because of the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Trump rally attendees will have fewer safety measures than high-dollar donors — WASHINGTON — Top Republicans donors at President Donald Trump's two recent fundraisers had to have tested negative for the coronavirus, fill out a wellness questionnaire and pass a temperature check to be near him …
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IJR, Washington Post, Fox News, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Raw Story
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Trump campaign says all Tulsa rally attendants will be provided with masks
Trump campaign says all Tulsa rally attendants will be provided with masks
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The Gateway Pundit, Wall Street Journal and Gizmodo
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
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Redstate
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules — The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. — The Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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New Republic, NBC News, SCOTUSblog, Washington Post, AHF, Daily Kos, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Gothamist, The Root, The Intercept, The Wrap and Mashable
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court passes up challenges from gun groups on laws they say violate Second Amendment
Supreme Court passes up challenges from gun groups on laws they say violate Second Amendment
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NBC News, USA Today, Associated Press, Breitbart, Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
CNBC:
Supreme Court decides not to hear big gun-rights cases, dealing blow to Second Amendment activists
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination
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NBC News, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Politico, Daily Kos, The Hill, The Federalist, Breitbart, Outside the Beltway and The Gateway Pundit
ABC News:
Trump administration expected to attempt to block John Bolton's book: Sources — A lawsuit seeking an injunction could be filed as soon as today, sources say. — Just a week before the much-awaited book by President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton is set to go on sale …
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Politico, The American Independent, Deadline, Axios, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, The Hill, IJR, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, Raw Story and The Guardian
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump claims Bolton will have “very strong criminal problem” if he publishes book
Trump claims Bolton will have “very strong criminal problem” if he publishes book
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The Hill
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee
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Associated Press, The Hill and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
NOAA leaders violated agency's scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds — NOAA does not intend to dole out punishments despite evidence of wrongdoing. — In a long-awaited report, an investigation conducted on behalf of the National Oceanic …
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New York Times and Raw Story
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two coronavirus treatments that President Donald Trump promoted despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness.
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CNBC, ABC News, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Mother Jones, IJR, Mediaite, The Hill, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Verge, The American Independent and Daily Kos
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
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US Food and Drug …, KEYT-TV and BuzzFeed News
David Siders / Politico:
'We're thinking landslide': Beyond D.C., GOP officials see Trump on glide path to reelection — By most conventional indicators, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming a one-term president. The economy is a wreck, the coronavirus persists, and his poll numbers have deteriorated.
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Power Line and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Jon Stewart Says His Biggest ‘Daily Show’ Regret Is Legacy Of “Evisceration Expectation” — Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart says he regrets his show's taking part in what he calls “the evisceration expectation” - inviting political opponents like Bill O'Reilly onto the show and giving in to the …
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In
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Axios, Raw Story, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, The Wrap and Rolling Stone
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings Will Be Disbanded — The commissioner is reassigning about 600 officers from anti-crime teams that targeted violent crime and illegal guns. — The New York police commissioner announced on Monday that he was disbanding …
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NBC New York:
NYPD Eliminating Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units in Move Toward More Community Policing
NYPD Eliminating Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units in Move Toward More Community Policing
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Townhall
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
De Blasio's Out Sick With Symptoms Associated With Coronavirus. Why Isn't He Getting Tested?
De Blasio's Out Sick With Symptoms Associated With Coronavirus. Why Isn't He Getting Tested?
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Redstate, Summit News, National Review, Spectator USA, Twitchy and Instapundit
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
U.S. National Pride Falls to Record Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — American pride has continued its downward trajectory reaching the lowest point in the two decades of Gallup measurement. The new low comes at a time when the U.S. faces public health and economic crises brought …
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Washington Examiner, The Federalist, Breitbart, The Hill, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave — Protesters laid down on Flatbush Avenue in honor of George Floyd, May 31, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY — Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
In major victory for California, Supreme Court rejects Trump's challenge to state sanctuary law — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Trump administration's challenge to a California “sanctuary” law, leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding federal agents …
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Los Angeles Magazine, Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
BuzzFeed News:
“The Black Lives Matter Foundation” Raised Millions. It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement. — Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality.
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Snopes.com, Daily Kos and The Guardian
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden fundraising surged in May — The former vice president's campaign has tripled the number of online donors since February. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Joe Biden's presidential campaign announced it raised $81 million last month, fueled by his rise in the polls …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Touted the Economy's COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks — Former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney sold up to $550,000 in securities the same day that his boss declared that the “economy is doing fantastically.” — As the novel coronavirus began to tank the stock market …
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Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Backs Eliot Engel, in Her First House Primary Endorsement of 2020 — Mr. Engel, a longtime New York representative, is trying to fend off a serious challenge from his left by Jamaal Bowman, who has been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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The Hill
Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump confirms he wants to pull thousands of US troops from Germany — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted to lower the number of U.S. troops in Germany to 25,000 in response to what he characterized as German delinquency on military spending.
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Associated Press
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
Has The American Left Lost Its Mind? … Matt Taibbi, a journalist whose writing I enjoy and whose recent book Hate Inc. is worth reading, has written a J'accuse essay arguing that “the American left has lost its mind.” As the editor of one of the top five or six magazines of the American Left—okay, maybe top 10?
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Fox News, The Nation and Gabe Schneider, more at Mediagazer »
John T Bennett Washington / The Independent:
Trump dismisses uptick in US coronavirus cases and suggests a ‘stop’ to testing — President: 'If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any' … Donald Trump is blaming an uptick in coronavirus cases and hospitalisations solely on an increase in testing rather than his push …
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POLITICUSUSA
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New questions about Trump's ugly Bible stunt hint at some dark truths — White House image-makers often strive to create iconic moments for presidents, but sometimes history refuses to cooperate. George W. Bush's “Mission Accomplished” speech on an aircraft carrier, for instance …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Raw Story
David Coletto / Abacus Data:
Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40% — With less than 150 days until Americans choose a President for the next four years, Abacus (one of Canada's most accurate polling company in the 2019 federal election) surveyed 1500 Americans on their feelings about the choice coming up …
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POLITICUSUSA
Julie Shaw / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly city court supervisor fired after video surfaces of him tearing down signs, saying he doesn't care about black lives — A Philadelphia Family Court supervisor was fired from his job Monday after videotape surfaced over the weekend of him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs from a fence …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
The Fed says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds — The Federal Reserve said Monday it will start buying individual corporate bonds. — Previously, the central bank had been buying only ETFs and had said that it would be buying individual issuance on the primary market.
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
Trump has finally lost control of his narrative. Voters are ready to see him canceled. — When it comes to both business and politics, President Trump has repeatedly defied predictions of doom. He has survived multiple business bankruptcies, and he remains in the White House despite a haze of embarrassment and scandal.
John McCormack / National Review:
Alito Warns SCOTUS Decision Is a Threat to Religious Liberty — In response to Alito Dissents: This Isn't Textualism — More from Justice Alito's dissent: — Briefs filed by a wide range of religious groups—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—express deep concern that the position now adopted by the Court …